A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Great Bay Partnership Land and Waterfowl Conservation
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: Using a partnership-developed conservation plan, nearly 7,000 acres of wetlands and uplands adjoining New Hampshire’s Great Bay estuary have been protected.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/fieldguide/projectprofiles/gbe.html
Contact:: Peter Wellenberger
Manager Great Bay NERR
NH Fish and Game Department
603-868-1095
pwellenberger@nhfgd.org

Project Name:: Fresh off the Barge
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: A renaissance of transportation on the Hudson River utilizing Barges as an alternative for trucks to distribute agricultural products.
Website:: www.yonkersdwbid.com/FreshOffTheBarge.htm
Contact:: Joseph Heller

Lower Hudson-Long Island RC&D Council, Inc.
914-923-4866
joseph.heller@ny.usda.gov

Southeastern

Project Name:: Conserving Georgia's Dwindling Farmland
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: The Athens Land Trust and the Oconee Partnership for Farmland Protection worked to place a conservation easement on a portion of the Breedlove-Powers Farm in rapidly-developing Oconee County, Georgia.
Contact:: John Kissane
Conservation Director
Athens Land Trust
706.613.0122
conservation@athenslandtrust.org

Project Name:: South Florida Ecosystem Restoration
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: Governments, Tribes, NGO’s and others cooperate to restore the Everglades while addressing water supply and flood control needs of rapidly developing region.
Website:: www.sfrestore.org
Contact:: Greg May
Office of the Executive Director
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
305-348-1665
gmay@sfrestore.org

Project Name:: Enlisting Private Landowners and the Army for Endangered Species
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Summary:: Safe Harbor Agreements and compatible use buffers used on and off Army bases contribute to recovery of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Contact:: Michael Bean
Wildlife Chair
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 ext. 3312
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Great Lakes “Coaster” Brook Trout Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Summary:: Collaboration among federal and state governments, tribes, and private organizations to help bring the Coaster brook trout back to Lake Superior.
Website:: www.fws.gov/midwest/ashland/brook/index.html
Contact:: Laura Hewitt
Watershed Program Director
Trout Unlimited
608-250-3534
LHewitt@tu.org

Project Name:: McKenzie Creek Watershed Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Missouri
Summary:: The project consists of voluntary acquisition of frequently flooded properties in the City of Piedmont and development of a habitat enhancing greenway.
Website:: www.morcd.org/bsrcd/mckenzie_creek.htm
Contact:: Gaylon Watson
Mayor
City of Piedmont
573-223-7660
mayor@cityofpiedmont.com

Project Name:: Asian Long-horned Beetle Eradication
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois, Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York, New Jersey
Summary:: A coordinated effort among agencies and citizens to control the spread of the Asian Long-horned Beetle and restore infested areas with tree plantings.
Website:: www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/alb/index.shtm and www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/alb
Contact:: Joseph McCarthy
Senior City Forester, Chicago
City of Chicago—Bureau of Forestry
312-747-2098
jmccarthy@cityofchicago.org

Project Name:: Clearwater Stewardship Project, Seeley Lake Ranger District, Lolo National Forest
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: One of the first projects to test collaborative approaches and new stewardship contracting authorities to accomplish forest and recreation site restoration in occupied grizzly bear habitat.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/projects/stewardship/results/clearwater/index.shtml
Contact:: Tim Love
District Ranger
USDA Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Seeley Lake Ranger District
(406) 677-2233
tlove@fs.fed.us

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Long-term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Gardens
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Cooperative monitoring is allowing government agencies and energy companies to determine within an adaptive management framework best drilling practices consistent with coral reef health.
Contact:: Thomas Readinger

USDI Minerals Management Service
202-208-3530
thomas.readinger@mms.gov

Far West

Project Name:: Yainix Ranch Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: A working lands conservation easement and a conservation investment model supports sustainable approaches for ranch management and collaborative conservation solutions.
Website:: www.sustainablenorthwest.org/programs/range.php
Contact:: James Honey
Program Officer
Sustainable Northwest
(503) 221-6911
jhoney@sustainablenorthwest.org

Project Name:: Sonoma Baylands Wetland Demonstration Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Restoration of a 320-acre tidal salt marsh helped to pull a vital dredging project out of a quagmire of environmental issues.
Contact:: Eric Jolliffe
Ecosystem Restoration Specialist
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers
415. 503.6869
Eric.F.Jolliffe@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Family Forest Habitat Conservation Plan
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The FFHCP is a community effort in collaboration with USFWS to develop viable long term forest management plans for family forest owners.
Website:: www.familyforestfoundation.org
Contact:: Steve Stinson
Executive Director
Family Forest Foundation
360-345-1023
stevestinson@familyforestfoundation.org

Project Name:: Washington State Military Sustainability Program
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The military sustainability program uses a multi-stakeholder process to integrate conservation and sustainable land practices into military operations.
Website:: www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/sf/sed/
Contact:: Katherine Baril
Director
Washington State Governor Locke’s Institute for Sustainability and Innovation
360-379-5610 x202
kbaril@wsu.edu

Project Name:: Sandy River Riparian Habitat Protection Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Our multi-partner program combined education, research and noxious weed control to raise awareness and protect critical habitats on the Sandy River.
Website:: tncweeds.ucdavis.edu
Contact:: Jonathan Soll
Willamette Basin Conservation Director
The Nature Conservancy
503-802-8100
jsoll@tnc.org

Project Name:: Morro Bay, Protecting Priority Habitats
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Environmentalists and trawl fishermen combined science and economics to come up with no-trawl zones that protect priority habitats, while keeping enough areas open to keep fishermen in business.
Contact:: Rod Fujita
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
(510) 658-8008
rfujita@ed.org

Project Name:: Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Management Collaboration
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: International partnership developing solutions, sharing science and implementing protective actions for one of the most ecologically diverse ecosystems in North America.
Website:: www.psat.wa.gov
Contact:: John Dohrmann
Washington/Co-Chair
Puget Sound Georgia Basin Internationl Task Force
360-725-5440
jdohrmann@psat.wa.gov

Project Name:: Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems (RVDE) Project: Mojave Desert Ecosystems
Location:: Far West: California, Nevada, South-Central/South-West: Arizona, Utah
Summary:: Examines disturbance and recovery of regional desert ecosystems to develop tools to manage desert ecosystems pressured by population growth and competing needs.
Website:: geography.wr.usgs.gov/mojave/rvde/
Contact:: Len Gaydos
Center Director
U.S. Geological Survey
650-329-4330
lgaydos@usgs.gov

National

Project Name:: America’s Private Lands Conservation Partnership
Location:: National
Summary:: Conservation Districts carry out natural resource management programs at the local level and work with more than 2.5 million cooperating landowners on nearly 98 percent of U.S. private lands.
Website:: www.nacdnet.org
Contact:: Christa Jones
Regional Representative
National Association of Conservation Districts

christa-jones@nacdnet.org

Project Name:: National Network of Forest Practitioners
Location:: National
Summary:: An alliance of rural people working to build a forest economy that is ecologically sound & socially just. An information clearinghouse, & a place for people to meet, learn, & make their voices heard.
Website:: www.nnfp.org
Contact:: Thomas Brendler
Executive Director
National Network of Forest Practitioners
401-273-6507
thomas@nnfp.org

Current Conservation Programs